Karol Goodwin: the real “American Fashion Lexicon”
As in the common thread that connects the various interventions in an online conversation, the Thread Forum project, curated by Antonio Mancinelli, is a survey of the role of knitwear in contemporary aesthetics. Thanks to a series of interviews with the most well-known knitwear designers in the world, selected among Pitti Filati participants, it also intends to take on the questions that retailers and buyers often ask themselves and have no easy answers. Conversations on the "here" and "now" of a material that has always been part of fashion culture.
Menswear only for Karol Goodwin, Senior Designer of Flint and Tinder, the internal and most prestigious line owned by the Huckberry company. Here, the best fabrics and yarns on the market are used "not only to provide durable and weatherproof garments but also to tell the most authentic and genuine story of our country. We aim to redesign, season after season, the cornerstones of the American Way of Life, very much connected to the outdoors, which aims to redesign, season after season, the cornerstones of the American Way of Dressing when it comes to menswear," says the young designer. She lives and works in Austin, Texas, which is also home to Huckberry. "And even though I am the head of a team that designs everything, my affection goes to knitted fabrics because it's those that make the garments closest to the body, enhancing and protecting it.
As in the common thread that connects the various interventions in an online conversation, the Thread Forum project, curated by Antonio Mancinelli, is a survey of the role of knitwear in contemporary aesthetics. Thanks to a series of interviews with the most well-known knitwear designers in the world, selected among Pitti Filati participants, it also intends to take on the questions that retailers and buyers often ask themselves and have no easy answers. Conversations on the "here" and "now" of a material that has always been part of fashion culture.
Menswear only for Karol Goodwin, Senior Designer of Flint and Tinder, the internal and most prestigious line owned by the Huckberry company. Here, the best fabrics and yarns on the market are used "not only to provide durable and weatherproof garments but also to tell the most authentic and genuine story of our country. We aim to redesign, season after season, the cornerstones of the American Way of Life, very much connected to the outdoors, which aims to redesign, season after season, the cornerstones of the American Way of Dressing when it comes to menswear," says the young designer. She lives and works in Austin, Texas, which is also home to Huckberry. "And even though I am the head of a team that designs everything, my affection goes to knitted fabrics because it's those that make the garments closest to the body, enhancing and protecting it.